The Network · Maui, Hawaii
Maui Xaphoon.
A bamboo pocket-saxophone hand-built on the island of Maui. Originated in 1972 as a one-off; commercially produced since 1975 — about 1,500 instruments per year, all by hand. Available in C, B-flat, D, and G.
Maui Xaphoon · Reading the Range
Bamboo from East Maui,
a pocket sax.
The first Xaphoon was built in 1972 from bamboo, when a saxophonist on Maui frustrated with bamboo-flute prototypes cut a mouthpiece opening and attached a tenor sax reed. The Xaphoon was born.
Since 1975, commercial production has continued at ~1,500 bamboo instruments per year, all by hand, using local bamboo selected from the rain forests of East Maui.
Maui Xaphoon
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A pocket sax, hand-builtMaui Xaphoon · the company history
from East Maui bamboo.
Across the range
The Range · Four Keys
Four keys,
one bamboo body.
Available in C, B-flat, D, and G. Uses a standard tenor saxophone reed. Sounds like a clarinet or saxophone in tone.
1972
First built
1975
Commercial production
1,500
Per year (by hand)
4
Standard keys
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